Blindside (Elysium Suite)

Listen to Blindside by Richard Charles Stevens (Elysium Suite)

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From a whisper to a scream
I learned to breathe
Amidst the drift of wistful precognition to concede
I summoned up the strength to go to greatest lengths foreseen
To swim the depth and width and breadth of the between
.
From river bed to red dawn skies
Recalling sights redeemed from the reprise of each re-energising dream
Seen through eyes so wide they prized the long and winding stream
Prolonged the enterprise which led me here esteemed
When I had bled dry every reason to proceed
Thereby it felt best I bid concede
Instead I met my maker
And with head high
Gave okay to a remainder
Whereby nature intercedes
.
Sped from seed to shoot
I felt compelled to steep in bloom
For treading eggshells was impeding my pursuits
(Treading eggshells was impeding my pursuits)
Knew well I was doomed if I resumed the path with heart marooned
Departing with this part of me unmoved
(Departing with this part of me unmoved)
When party to a masterpiece
Of very many arteries
That only ever charmed to bleed their truths
.
I was moved
To tears
Sincerely
Due to nearly being through
When clearly I was quickening a fated claim undue
That I would not amount to something greater than the pain I had accrued
Therefore the only honourable course would be to bid a brisk adieu
How very rude
.
From a whisper to a scream
I learned to breathe
Amidst the drift of wistful precognition to concede
I summoned up the strength to go to greatest lengths foreseen
To swim the depth and width and breadth of the between
.
From a whisper to a scream
Within abyss of the between
I listened keenly to the scripture of a pioneering dream
Its theme appeared to speak of secret clearing in the trees
Where fears were merely heightened senses
Neighbours engineered no fences
Grace was famed the best defence
To bracing gales of hail relentless
Peeked beyond my comprehension
Disbelief prolonged suspension
Seemed obscene expressing tension
Whence relieved of apprehension
Herein I had been deemed fit for mention
Here I felt at home
To growth’s progression
.
From blustering leaves to lustrous streams
In this whimsical dream
I was seen
Felt intrinsically high on belief
That the blind can be sighted to spirally leap
Defiantly keen to seek ends to their grief
For while waking life binds
They can fly in their dreams
.
From a whisper to a scream
I learned to breathe
(Blindside)
Amidst the drift of wistful precognition to concede
I summoned up the strength to go to greatest lengths foreseen
To swim the depth and width and breadth of the between
(Blindside)
.
From a whisper to a scream
I learned to breathe
(Blindside)
Amidst the drift of wistful precognition to concede
I summoned up the strength to go to greatest lengths foreseen
To swim the depth and width and breadth of the between
(Blindside)
.
It was then
In a heartbeat
I learned to breathe
(Blindside)
And my friends did just the same
In great relief
(Blindside)
Indeed for every dream we sketched together
Through the never
They forever etched their names into my tree
(Blindside)
And here beneath I lounge in shade
To night’s delight
For all my days
Not nearly faraway
When one believes
Here beneath I lounge in shade
To night’s delight
For all my days
Not nearly faraway
When one believes
(Blindside)
.
From a whisper to a scream
I learned to breathe
Amidst the drift of wistful precognition to concede
I summoned up the strength to go to greatest lengths foreseen
To swim the depth and width and breadth of the between
(Blindside)
.
From a whisper to a scream
I learned to breathe
(Blindside)
Amidst the drift of wistful precognition to concede
I summoned up the strength to go to greatest lengths foreseen
To swim the depth and width and breadth of the between
(Blindside)
.
From a whisper to a scream
I learned to breathe
(Blindside)
Amidst the drift of wistful precognition to concede
I summoned up the strength to go to greatest lengths foreseen
To swim the depth and width and breadth of the between
(Blindside)
.
Fears are merely heightened senses
Neighbours engineer no fences
Grace is famed the best defence
To bracing gales of hail relentless
Peek beyond your comprehension
Disbelief prolonged suspension
Seems obscene expressing tension
Whence relieved of apprehension
Herein we can be deemed fit for mention
Here we can be home
To growth’s progression
.
We can fly in our dreams
.